caociuc

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Italian

Etymology

From French, like Romanian cauciuc.

Noun

caociuc

  1. (obsolete, rare) rubber
    • 1898, Enrico Hillyer Giglioli, Il "Cambarysú": telefono dei Catuquinarú dell'Amazzonia:
      cuoio, legno e caociuc indurito.
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    • 1906, Archivio per l'antropologia e la etnologia, volume 36, page 225:
      la mattina, adoperando una pera di caociuc con una cannuccia fatta col calamo di una grossa penna, si fanno un enteroclisi di una infusione di scorza di « Beju ».
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